Friday, November 12, 2010

New Abarth 500 "Leaves"

New Abarth 500 "Leaves"
© rudy cerla

New Fiat 500 US Debut (LA)

New Fiat 500 US Debut (LA): countdown - live webcast

KIA Super Sport Cars Proport To The Fan of Sport Cars (Super-Sport Cloth)

KIA Super Sport Cars Proport To The Fan of Sport Cars (Super-Sport Cloth)
As we all know KIA is more into making family cars, but if the brand ever makes its mind to build a Super sport cars, it would somewhat look like this. It's almost a common thing to see designers around the world create all kinds of futuristic concepts that have close to zero chances to enter production even in prototype form. In fact, most of these are the result of pure imagination and car companies don't even hear about them, although Internet users praise the designs and ask for a production model.
KIA Super Sport Cars Proport To The Fan of Sport Cars (Super-Sport Cloth)
The brainchild of Mohammad R. Shojaie who has considerable liking for the super sport cars, this vehicle has been designed on the basis of the current design language of KIA. Dubbed the KIA Proport, which is the amalgamation of Pro plus Sport without the “S” character which means the fan of sport cars, the vehicle isn’t about designing a new style but KIA in a super-sport cloth. The vehicle has some of the famous elements of the KIA design and it seems an imagination worth commercialization.
This is exactly the car of the so-called Kia Proport, a sports car which goes way beyond what a Kia fan would expect from the South Korean manufacturer. In fact, it looks so good that it's hardly possible to see such a vehicle manufactured under Kia's badge. KIA Super Sport Cars Proport To The Fan of Sport Cars (Super-Sport Cloth). We're not the biggest Kia fans, but we really see the Korean brand more of a consumer oriented company, rather than a firm looking to build supercars.
KIA Super Sport Cars Proport To The Fan of Sport Cars (Super-Sport Cloth)

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Vortex Sports Cars New Race Ready F1 Track Car

Vortex Sports Cars New Race Ready F1 Track Car
It is an upgraded version of General Motors. With Ariel Atom – the Vortex F1 is ready for battle. One of the new brands who are at 2010 SEMA Show to make their presence felt is Seattle-based Vortex Motors. And, they mesmerized us, for sure, with their new race ready F1 track car, dubbed the F1 Turn Key.
Vortex Motors – a new outfit that calls Seattle home – is using the SEMA Show as a coming-out party for the F1. The standard version, the F1 Turn Key, is sourced from an upgraded version of General Motors' turbocharged 2.0-liter Ecotec inline-four running through a six-speed manual transmission. Output is rated at 290 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque, but Vortex Sports Cars New Race Ready F1 Track Car will also sell an Ultimate version, bumping those numbers up to 330 and 360, respectively.
Vortex Sports Cars New Race Ready F1 Track Car
The all new F1 racer features a body constructed from out of a mix of fiberglass and aluminum, with carbon fiber available as an option. The car sits on 17-inch wheels at all four corners, riding on 275/40-series tires up front and beefy 315/35 rubber out back. The racer weighs 1400 pounds and aims to achieve 0-60mph in just 2.7 seconds and a quarter-mile run of just 10.5 seconds at 130 miles per hour.
Vortex Sports Cars New Race Ready F1 Track Car
The whole package can be yours for $49,995 for the Turn Key or $69,995 for the Ultimate. In addition to adding more power, the Ultimate also uses a fully carbon fiber body, upgraded brakes, wheels and tires, improved steering, carbon fiber seats and a sequential six-speed gearbox. Vortex says that it is also planning a fully electric version of the F1, with a targeted weight of only 1,300 pounds. We'd gladly pit it against a Tesla Roadster in a drag race any day.
Vortex Sports Cars New Race Ready F1 Track Car

Sunday, November 7, 2010

New Fiat 500 - Salón del Automóvil de Bogotá

New Fiat 500 - Salón del Automóvil de Bogotá
© Jorge A. R. Guarin

New Fiat 500 "Bridge to the Future"

New Fiat 500 "Bridge to the Future"
© Rui Carvalho

Gillet Vertigo.5 Spirit The Super Sports Cars Produced By Automobiles

The latest supercar to come to the world is the Vertigo.5 Spirit, which is produced by Gillet Automobiles. GEMBLOUX, Belgium — Former racing driver Tony Gillet and his Automobiles Gillet next month will begin selling an updated version of the Gillet Vertigo. The new Vertigo.5 Spirit Super Sports Cars gets a 420-horsepower Maserati 4.2-liter V8 in place of the previous model's Alfa Romeo V6. Gillet Automobiles has unveiled the new Vertigo .5 Spirit sports cars. The new model is described by the company “pleasure of driving sensations in a work of art object.”
Gillet Vertigo.5 Spirit The Super Sports Cars Produced By Automobiles 
It is amazing how only a select few supercar manufacturers make it onto the world stage. A great example of this is a small Belgian firm called Gillet. They have been producing the Vertigo supercar since 1994 and in this time they have released five versions in the Vertigo series.
Built on a carbon-fiber chassis the car weight only 950 kilos. Under the hood there is a Maserati sourced 4,2 liter V8 engine that delivers an impressive 420hp. The engine is mated to a 6-speed Sequential gearbox. However, Gillet did not revealed any performance numbers just yet.
Gillet Vertigo.5 Spirit The Super Sports Cars Produced By Automobiles 
Thanks to a carbon-fiber chassis along with super lightweight body panels, the Vertigo.5 Spirit only tips the scales at 2,200 pounds. With the slender weight combined with the awesome Maserati V-8, the cars should eclipse the previous model’s sprint to 60 mph, which is only 3.26 seconds.
“Vertigo is a 100 percent personal super sports car. Once the job site are, for each element of the vehicle are discussed, studied, together with the customer. Choosing the Vertigo you can enjoy the ultimate driving experience. Feel free to bout to ask the price of the vehicle, as Vertigo is one of the most accessible supercar on the market, “ stated the press release.
Gillet Vertigo.5 Spirit The Super Sports Cars Produced By Automobiles
Vertigo .5 Spirit sports cars measures 3960mm long, 2010mm wide and 1115mm high and has a wheelbase of Wheelbase 2340mm. There is AP 4 pistons, ventilated disks 330mm breaks at the front and AP Ventilated disks 300mm at the rear. Equipped with 19’ wheels and 225 /35Z tires at the front and 275 /35Z at the rear, the car is 100% customizable. Gillet hasn't announced pricing, but the earlier Gillet Vertigo.5 Spirit The Super Sports Cars Produced By Automobiles was priced from around $265,000.